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Some Differences Between Published Norms and Data from Matched Controls as a Basis for Comparison with Psychiatrically-Disturbed Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Crawford Little  and
T. A. Kerr
J. Crawford Little
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal, Dumfries
T. A. Kerr
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Group in Psychological Medicine, 11 Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne 2
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Over the years 1959 to 1962 a study was made of a series of 72 male neurotic patients referred to general hospital and private psychiatric practice in Leeds, the results of which were submitted for an M.D. Thesis (Little, 1966). It emerged clearly that the neurotic group was divisible into two major sub-groups differing significantly in a wide range of personality and other premorbid variables. Various objective tests and measurements were used; in the present context we wish to concentrate attention on five: (1 and 2) The N and E Scales of Eysenck's Maudsley Personality Inventory, (3) Tanner's Discriminant Androgyny Scale, (4) Parnell's Ponderal Index, and (5) The Rees-Eysenck Body Index.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 512 , July 1968 , pp. 883 - 890
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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